gleppa

Faroese

Verb

gleppa (third person singular past indicative glapp, third person plural past indicative gluppu, supine gloppið)

1. to slip

Conjugation

Conjugation of gleppa (group v-49pp)
infinitive	gleppa
supine	gloppið
participle (a34)1	gleppandi	gloppin
	present	past
first singular	gleppi	glapp
second singular	gleppur	glapst
third singular	gleppur	glapp
plural	gleppa	gluppu
	imperative
singular	glepp!
plural	gleppið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gleppe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡlɛpːɑ/

Verb

gleppa (present tense glepp, past tense glapp, past participle gloppe, passive infinitive gleppast, present participle gleppande, imperative glepp)

1. to slip, slip out of
   • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge:

     ...men daa glapp Foten hass, so han dreiv att aa Bak,...

     ...but then his foot slipped, so that he fell backwards...

2. to fail

References

• “gleppa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.